A higher law
Subtitle: readings on the influence of Christian thought in Anglo-American law
By: by Jeffrey A. Brauch, Regent University School of Law
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: William S. Hein & Co., Inc.
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Getzville, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 481
ISBN-13: 9780837741062
Subjects: Common law; Philosophy; Religion and law; Christian philosophy; Ethical relativism; Cultural relativism; The Contemporary; Religious aspects
Description: This third edition continues to further the quest to look beyond legal rules and institutions to the legal philosophies that shaped them. It includes excerpts from books, articles, and cases written by some of the greatest minds to have shaped our legal system. Several chapters have updated readings that address important cultural trends. For example, the discussion of human responsibility and criminal guilt includes a focus on the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder on large numbers of service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Similarly, the chapter on critical race theory has been updated to highlight the debate on race relations that has occurred since the 2012 shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin and the beginning of the Black Lives Matter movement. Rights--whether constitutional or human--play a bigger role than ever in public discussion and in courtrooms. Thus, coverage of such rights has grown to include recent and high-profile cases. Finally, one chapter is wholly new, containing readings from a wide variety of perspectives on the use of biotechnologies that can alter the human genome for generations to come.--Publisher.
Notes: Revision of the 2008 2nd edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part A. The nature of law and the fundamental shift in legal thinking; title: 1. Higher law thinking: man's law is based on and evaluated by the law of God; title: 2. The influence of higher law thinking on the common law; title: 3. The shift from higher law thinking to legal relativism; title: Part B. The clash over legal thinking in contemporary legal issues; title: 4. Criminal law; title: 5. Civil and criminal procedure: jury trial; title: 6. Constitutional rights; title: 7. Human rights; title: 8. Biotechnology; title: Part C. Current thinking on how higher law should affect human law; title: 9. What is the role of Old Testament law today?; title: 10. To what extent should higher law be applied to modern society?